Ventilated rain-coat.



8. & F. FREEDMAN. VENTILATED RAIN COAT APPLICATION FILED APR. 12. 1916.

Patented Apr. 24,1917.

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SAM'FREEDMAN AND FRED FREEDMAN, OF CHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTS.

VENTILATED RAIN-COAT.

Application filed April 12,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SAM FREEDMAN and FRED FREEDMAN, citizens of the United States, and residents of Chelsea, county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ventilated Rain-Coats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rain coats and more particularly has relation to the means by which said coats are ventilated for the purpose of preventing the disagreeable closeness or moisture retaining eflects commonly produced by the wearing of coats of this class.

Since the fabric of which rain coats are commonly made is more or less impervious to moisture and air in consequence of the absence of porosity due to the nature of the fabric or its treatment, the moisture from the body has little or no opportunity to pass off and this results in an accumulation of perspiration which produces discomfort, and a tendency of the clothing to cling to I the person. Heretofore it has been proposed to insert ventilating eyelets in certain portions of the rain coat, or to provide ventilating slits in the garment for the purpose of obviating this disagreeable sensation, nevertheless, the close contact of the rain coat with the clothing beneath, prevents these arrangements from being effective, and maintaining the desired circulation or ventilation of the coat when worn.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a simple and easily applied means for ventilating the rain coat so constructed and arranged as to normally remain open to allow the escape of the moisture laden air from inside the rain coat when it' is worn, while at the same time not impairing the style and appearance of the garment.

Generally speaking, the invention consists in the equipment of a rain coat with a series of short tubular passages disposed at appropriate places inside the garment so as to afford communication between the inside of the garment and the outside air, to allow the escape of warm, moist air within, and to al low the inflow of fresh air from the outside, the passages remaining normally open so as not to impede this circulation. An additional feature of the invention consists of the specific arrangement for maintaining ventilation, comprising the two overlapped portions of the garment with short elastic Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2a, 1917.

1916. Serial No. 90,602.

tubes of rubber inserted between them, whereby not only is all the discomfort to the wearer avoided, as well as an unsightly appearance, but there is also secured a constant open communication between the interior and exterior of the garment.

In the accompanying drawings we have illustrated the preferred mode of embodying the principles of this invention in1which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the upper part of the rain coat provided with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical central section through one of the ventilating ducts of the neck portion of the garment.

Fig. 3 is an elevation showing the ventilation of the sleeve adjacent to the arm pit.

Fig. 4: is a vertical section through one of the ventilating passages.

Fig. 5 is a cross section through the shoulder portion of the garment looking in the direction of the vent passages.

Fig. 6 is a vertical section througha vent passage of the shoulder.

In general appearance and construction, the garment a is of the usual or ordinary style. Inside the garment immediately below the collar there is an insert or lining piece 6, which may be of the same material as the coat, and beneath this inserted lining piece and the body portion of the coat, are formed a series of gathers extending in an approximately vertical direction and forming a series of short passages b, and affording communication from the space between the clothing of the wearer and the inside of the rain coat to the outside air. These passages are preferably formed where the tension or pressure of the garment against the body of the wearer is least in order to avoid as much as possible, compression, tending to flatten the passages.

To still further insure the passages remaining open normally for the circulation of air we prefer to insert therein short elastic tubes 6 which may be most conveniently made of small rubber tubing so as to be somewhat yielding and flexible, while at the same time serving to keep the vents or passages open against the normal pressure of the rain coat.

The shoulder portion of the garment as shown at c overlaps the upper inserted end of the sleeve d for a short distance and at intervals the fabric is puckered or gathered to form short ducts or passages c in which we prefer to insert also, short rubber tubes 0 or the like, to act as an elastic and fiexitions while at the same time avoiding the use of hard or inelastic bodles wh1ch might cause discomfort. These shoulder passages should be made quite short, since the use of long ducts at this point would seriously impair the effectiveness of the ventilation.

Beneath the arm adjacent to the arm pit, an extra flap or overlapping piece 6 is stitched to the sleeve, this patch extending from the under part of the armhole seam a substantial distance down outside the under or inner side of the sleeve to cover an opening or cut-out area 6, adjacent to the armhole opening as shown most clearly in Fig. 4.

The area of overlap between that portion of the sleeve immediately below the cut-out area in the sleeve and the overlapping patch is also gathered at intervals to form a fullness or longitudinal passage 6 in which passages may also be inserted the small rubber tubes e', which keep the passages normally open or distended.

a With the arrangement described the warmth of the person causes the perspiration laden air to draw up through the passages b in the neck portion of the coat and allows fresh air to be drawn in through the passages e or their inserted tubes 6 which action is also assisted by the shoulder vents 0. The ordinary weight or pull of the gar- 'ment is not suflicient to overcome the resiliency of the inserted distending means, while on the other hand, any pressure caused by leaning or bearing against any outside object causes no discomfort to the wearer because of the yielding nature of the distending means.

Any desired number or arrangement of these ventilating passages may be provided but the arrangement shown in the drawings is found to be very effective in permitting sufficient egress of moist air next the person and sufficient ingress of fresh air to promote the comfort of the wearer.

It will be seen that the yielding and elastic short rubber tubes maintain a constant communication between the interior and exterior of the garment when worn, and that the relative arrangement of the outlet passages at the neck and the inlet passages at the shoulder or arm hole portions of the garment, act to remove the warm moistureladen air and its place is taken by the outside air drawn in by this system of circulation. The soft rubber tubing is not only sufiiciently flexible and yielding to avoid the creation of unsightly projections or bulges in the garment, but also by reason of its inherent elasticity, serves to keep the ventilating passages open for circulation and yet impose no discomfort on the wearer. The shortness of the tubes tends to facilitate rapidity of ventilation.

What we claim is:

1. A ventilated raincoat embracing in its construction a coat of moistureproof material, a supplemental patch secured across the back portion of the neck inside the coat to extend transversely thereof, and formed with a series of short approximately vertical hollow plaits or passages, elastic tubular members for distending said plaits to allow the upward escape of air from the interior of the garment when worn, a series of inlet tubes arranged adjacent to the arm holes to allow the inflow of fresh air around the shoulder portions of the garment below the 7 tion the usual body and sleeves the sleeves being cut out on their under sides adjacent to the arm holes to leave an aperture of substantial area, a patch secured to the sleeve to cover said aperture and overlap somewhat beyond the lower edge thereof, and a series of elastic ventilating tubes inserted between the overlapped portions of the patch and the sleeve, and having their lower ends in communication with the outside of the coat and their upper ends communicating with the'interior of the sleeve portion, substantially as described.

4. A raincoat embracing in its construction the usual sleeves and body portion, and having the body portion at the armhole seams overlapping exteriorly the upper ends of the sleeves, yielding and elastic rubber tubes inserted between said overlapped portions of the body and sleeves above the shoulder, substantially as described.

In witness whereof, we have subscribed the above specification.

S. FREEDMAN. FRED FREEDMAN.

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